A Christmas Carol (NEW LONGMAN LITERATURE 11-14) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles; Blatchford, Roy; Barton, Geoff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582236649 ISBN 13: 9780582236646

Publisher: Longman, 1994

Synopsis

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean and lonely businessman who despises the meaning of Christmas until one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of his past, present and future...

What are the themes?

Relationships, individual vs. society and responsibility.

Teaching points

Many excellent passages which are good models for students' writing.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text includes the full text and GCSE support materials; a section on the writing process of Dickens; an introduction; how to keep a reading log; a full study programme designed for the National Curriculum and GCSE syllabuses. The study material could also be used with A level students. The story is the familiar Christmas tale of charity - of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Dickens illustrates what he considered to be the two great qualities of Christmas: joy in the home and practical charity towards the less fortunate outside our doors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0582236649
• ISBN 13: 9780582236646
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128